Agricultural notes on thistles and silos
The article warns farmers to cut Russian thistle before seeds ripen to prevent spread, lists locations where it appears, and urges vigilance along railroads and waterways. It then covers silo construction and safety, clover harvesting, top dressing winter grains, piglet care, lime use, apple and potato notes, and general farming practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Northwest
Botanical Division Department of Agriculture
Washington
Hammond
Lake County
Iind
Capron Falls
Goodhue
Minn
Marshall
Lyon County
Northwestern
Jefferson County
Blue Hill
Webster County
Stockville
Frontier County
Parks
Dundy County
la Lalle
Welde County
Col
Nampa
da County
Idaho
Manitoba
Canada
Illinois
St. Charles
Polo
Hampshire
Peotone
Nachusa
Davis Junction
Great Britain
Denmark
Iowa apple boom near Glenwood shocks skeptics
The Glenwood area in southwestern Iowa hosts a thriving apple industry led by farmers around 100 acres with large orchard numbers. Iowa’s Attorney General John Y. Stone reportedly enjoys touring the orchards. Nearby Mills County and Fremont Page and Pottawattamie counties boast extensive plantings, with a past world fair premium recognizing Iowa apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Glenwood
John Y. Stone
Davenport
Mills County
Towa
Council Bluffs
Fremont
Page
Pottawattamie
Milla County
Moses and Moses box electrify biblical mystery
The New York Tribune reports a Philadelphia Record piece arguing Moses used fir wood lined with beaten gold to create an early electricity storage ark. It claims gold copper and cedar details, plus gold poles and cords, implying biblical figures predated modern electricians.
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Joseph
Moses
Philadelphia
Solomon
Europe
Warrand
Aaron
Franklin
Histories of Famous Myths Debunked in Brief
A compilation notes many widely told tales as likely fictional. It questions Romulus and Alexander the Great’s conquests, Archimedes burning glasses, Pitt and Johnson quotes, and legends of vinegar dissolving rocks or Cleopatra’s pearls. It highlights improbable feats surrounding Juggernaut worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romulus
Alexander the Great
India
le Venguer
la Republique
Archimedes
Syracuse
Pitt
Johnson
Flannibal
Alps
Cleopatra
Juggernaut
A Strange Coincidence In A Civil War Tale
An extraordinary coincidence links Capt Charles King’s novel Between the Lines to a Confederate cavalryman Falconer who loves Miss Armistead of Farquier County Wirchnia. A Southerner wrote that the character may be suggested by the writer’s father, a young cavalryman in the Civil War, named Falconer, who loved Miss Armistead, beyond these points no further resemblance is noted.
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Charles King
Phamed Falconer
Miss Armuisted
Farquier County
Wirchnia
Capt. King
Falconer
Mies Armistead
Farjuier County
Virginia
A Cadi’s Lesson In Reputations And Ears
An old Damascus tale presents Hassan the rich merchant who ruins Fatima with false rumors. The cadi orders Hasan’s ears cut as punishment for slander and then oddly has them sewn back on, restoring Fatima’s reputation while delivering a stark moral on justice.
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Damascus
Hassan
Fatima
Cadi
Jassan
Christian
How Cooper Came to Write
Prof Brander Matthews notes James Fenimore Cooper began writing almost by accident after reading a cheap British novel He published Precaution late in 1820s and it was sold and reviewed as English fiction He then aimed to write a sea tale and in 1824 produced the Pilot the first true sea novel and a standout work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brander Matthews
James Feaimoe Cooper
St. Nicholas
Cooper
Lfe
England
Tts
London
Ino Js2t
Cowper
Scott
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Agricultural News
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Griswold
le Mara Sentinel
Hodgson
Noten
Capt King
New York Tribune
Oriental Justice
Josepht Hegenan
Northport
Kosina
Charles Hesseman
New York
Papa Heggeman
Hesseman
Hnd
Arner Higeman
Bank OF Fremont
Busan Barr
Nunt G. Bas
Hilton House
Fremont, Ind
BR. Heberling
Prop
Rample
Plae
Oma
Recs
Fort Wayne Branch
AIR Line
Waterloo
Chicago
Ny&bex
Pacifo
C&b
Hillsdale
Ing North
Wave
D &T
Central Time Mall
P.M. P. Mav
Jackson Ar
Angola
Pleasant Lake
Ihyaas
Ubura Junction
Esre
Fort Wayne
Mabe
A. Pilliod
Sheeler
Wilsows Dn
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. CO
Waenen Ave
Chisane
Fremut
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